JKerr
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So, I'm basically in the process of sorting through my knives; buying some, selling others, messing about with the others that I can't do much with, etc.. During the process there has been two instances where I've thought "boy, it'd be good to have some sort of grinder right now instead of this worn DMT XXC". The first instances would be with two knives in my current kit which have overgrinds (1 anyway, I'm not 100% sure about the other). The first being my mizuno usuba, I think I've actually got the blade flat again but it's basically too thick behind the edge now to be good for anything other than peeling. I've put it to the stones a few times, but it's just such a bloody choir :surrendar:. The other which I'm not 100% sure about, is my sugimoto #6. I was actually gonna list this on the BST forum, but while going over all and touching up the knives I was planning to list a very slight wave in the edge came up. I tried measuring the thickness with calipers, I'm pretty sure it is slightly thinning in the middle just above the edge but I only have analog calipers to I can't be too accurate. Quite disheartened by the sugimoto, cause I love the knife and I've always been chuffed with their products. Still an awesome knife, so i'll probably just hang on to it and put in the time to fix it up.
The second thought which prompted the inquiry is that I'm starting to use my sabatiers again and looking to the future when I've sharpened them down and need to grind down the bolster, I thought it'd be handy to have a grinder of some sort.
So basically, I'm keen to get some advice on whether people: would recommend I pick up a grinder; can you even get a cheap grinder; does it need to be a belt grinder or do those benchtop disc grinders work or; should I just man up, hit the stones and deal with tendonitis. Or if it's even appropriate for a lesser experienced person to put their knives on such devices, would I likely cause more damage?
Cheers in advance,
Josh
The second thought which prompted the inquiry is that I'm starting to use my sabatiers again and looking to the future when I've sharpened them down and need to grind down the bolster, I thought it'd be handy to have a grinder of some sort.
So basically, I'm keen to get some advice on whether people: would recommend I pick up a grinder; can you even get a cheap grinder; does it need to be a belt grinder or do those benchtop disc grinders work or; should I just man up, hit the stones and deal with tendonitis. Or if it's even appropriate for a lesser experienced person to put their knives on such devices, would I likely cause more damage?
Cheers in advance,
Josh